People
Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.
Staff
Administration & Finance
Patron Services Office
Development
Susan Bozell Craigsbozell@umich.edu
Lisa Michiko Murraylmmurray@umich.edu
Education & Community Engagement
Marketing & Communications
Production / Programming
Choral Union
For questions about your ticket order, or general inquiries: umstix@umich.edu
For information about group discounts: umsgroupsales@umich.edu
For questions about youth performances and other K-12 programs: umsyouth@umich.edu
For questions about ushering at UMS performances: fohums@umich.edu
For questions about making a gift to UMS: umsgiving@umich.edu
To request a UMS ticket donation for an upcoming community auction or event, please fill out our online request form: https://ums.requestitem.com/
Board of Directors
Sarah Nicoli, Chair
Tim Petersen, Vice Chair
Mark Clague, Secretary
Lisa D. Cook, Treasurer
Karen Bantel
Rachel Bendit
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Christopher Conlin
Monique Deschaine
Tiffany L. Ford
Alec Gallimore
Katherine Goldberg
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Timothy B. Johnson
Barbara Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy Lynch
Timothy G. Marshall
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Rob VanRenterghem
Brian Willen
Ex-officio Members:
Stephen R. Forrest, Past Chair
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Martin Philbert, Provost, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools
Representatives to the Board:
Zita Gillis, UMS Ambassadors Chair
Tom Kinnear, UMS Sustaining Directors
Bruce Tuchman, UMS National Council Co-Chair
James C. Stanley and Maxine J. Frankel, Campaign Co-Chairs
From left to right: Mark Clague, Lisa D. Cook, Sarah Nicoli, and Tim Petersen
Ambassadors
If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.
Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.
Zita Gillis, Chair
Elena Snyder, Vice Chair
Kirsten Williams, Secretary
Patti McCloud, Treasurer
Bill Shell, Past Chair
Lone Andersen
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Corry Berkooz
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Annemarie Kilburn Dolan
Sharon Peterson Dort
Rey Goicochea
Joan Grissing
Stephanie Hale
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Carol D. Kaplan
Nancy Karp
Cathy King
Susan Krueger
Michael Lee
Linda Fink Levy
Gloria K. Lewis
Laura Machida
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Terry Meerkov
Julie Picknell
Kathy Rich
Jill Ross
Barbara Rusch
Andrew Schneider
Pam Tabbaa
Janet Torno
Deanne Woodruff
Wendy K. Zellers
National Council
Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor
Bruce Tuchman, Co-Chair
New York
Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
Andrew Bernstein
New York
Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York
Kathleen Charla
San Diego
Jacqueline Davis
New York
Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach
Sophie Delphis
New York
Janet Eilber
New York
Barbara G. Fleischman
New York
Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills
Katherine Hein
Boston
Patti Kenner
New York
Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix
Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido
David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York
Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor
Caroline Nussbaum
New York
Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York
James Read
Stamford
James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor
Christian Vesper
New York
Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor
We also acknowledge the service of Charles Hamlen and Eugene Grant, who both served on the National Council and passed away in 2018.